Worst Company in America 2013

So I didn't make a thread about this earlier because the competition is a bit silly to be honest, its just a bunch of pitchfork wielders dishing out "justice", but there has been quite a funny post made by EA about this years competition.

Those who don't know, EA won the competition in 2012 and it looks like they are going to win again this year as they have won each of their rounds so far by a substantial margin. So, EA's "chief operating officer" makes a blog post about the competition on EA's site.

Now, before you think, man, that's pretty decent on EA to post about this and admit they have made mistakes in the past and that they are going to change to give the gamer a better service.... no. What they did was say that the only reason they are winning is because everyone voting for them is a homophobe. Oh, well not entirely, if your not a homophobe, then your a disgruntled Madden fan.

The only reason I use Origin is because you were greedy enough to pull your catalog out of STEAM just to MAKE ME use your software. Far Cry 3 for instance, I could buy it in steam AND uplay! And please loose that arrogance EA. And lastly, we love your licences more than we love EA, never forget that.

Talking about EA .... 2 days ago I bought FIFA 13 for pc and for the 1st time in my life I had bought an original title which didn't work.The game would crash no matter what I tried.You can Imagine the rage when I looked it up and I found thousands of similar posts dating from release which was back in October 2012 until NOW! 5 hours later I managed to get it to play but there are still people who haven't. Officially there hasnt been a response or even a hint of solution on EA's behalf.

Talking about EA .... 2 days ago I bought FIFA 13 for pc and for the 1st time in my life I had bought an original title which didn't work.The game would crash no matter what I tried.You can Imagine the rage when I looked it up and I found thousands of similar posts dating from release which was back in October 2012 until NOW! 5 hours later I managed to get it to play but there are still people who haven't. Officially there hasnt been a response or even a hint of solution on EA's behalf.

After an astounding number of votes, Consumerist readers once again chose EA over Bank of America, with the video game company taking nearly 78% of the vote.It wasn’t really a surprising victory though and EA clearly was not holding their breath. In fact EAwas quite open about their feelings on the poll as they spoke last week about the obvious corruption they witnessed across the internet.“Some of these complaints are 100 percent legitimate – like all large companies we are not perfect. But others just don’t hold water:“ -Peter Moore COOSo where did EA go so wrong that they beat out all of the competition by a massive landslide?Consumerist.com said that where EA failed was in the “core requirements of running a consumer-friendly business” According to Consumerist.com the core requirements are as follows:1. Provide a Product People Want and LikeWhile EA does release a good amount of well received games there are quite a few that were less than disappointing in a general sense. Unfortunately some of which were released right before voting started. Mass Effect 3 for example, was clearly unsatisfying to fans of the first two games who were left disappointed with the finale of the series. Not to mention the very complicated mess of a launch of Sim City 5 not too long ago.2. Sell Your Product at a Reasonable PriceVideo games obviously require a large amount of money and the efforts of many talented individuals, and as we are all aware the publisher needs to make a profit. But the largest video game publishers, including EA, have been accused of refusing to compete on pricing, which means that consumers pay $60 for a new game because that’s what the studios tell us it will cost. By the same token, EA’s deals with sports leagues like the NFL mean that no other competitor is free to offer a competing game that either offers more content for the same price, or similar content for a lower price.Beyond any possible price-fixing or consumer chiseling, EA is making money by allowing advertisers into its games — even the ones that people pay a lot of money for. Most recently, people who purchased SimCity 5 were treated to their first piece of extra content — a de facto ad for the Nissan Leaf. So EA gets paid, while its customers get to download an interactive advertisement.3. Support the Products You SellThe launch of Sim City 5 was pretty terrible but it can be shrugged off if you understand the technical aspects of launching a massively multiplayer online game, lots of MMO launches are a mess. But there are some other problems consumers face in dealing with EA.Consumerist.com said this:“Customers who paid full price for games, or who spent or saved huge piles of in-game cash in EA’s online products, would suddenly find a problem with their accounts, but attempts to rectify the problem — or even get a response from EA — would go unheeded.In the wake of last year’s WCIA win, EA’s head of customer service told CNET that big changes were coming for the company and that it would be improving how it responds to customers and adding call centers to better handle things. And yet, just the other day a Consumerist reader in Europe sent us his chat transcript with an EA rep that shows the company still has a long way to go.The customer had a simple question about linking an Origin account to his Xbox gamer tag, but the EA rep could only tell the customer that nothing could be done over chat and that he would need to call a customer support number to discuss the problem. Making matters worse, though the customer was in Europe, the EA rep provided him with a phone number for EA’s U.S. support office.”EA responds?

Of course EA isn’t happy. And while we doubt the validity of this particular letter, it seems to us that it’s probably pretty close to what Peter Moore is thinking right now.Real or not I won’t hesitate to agree, EA may be a pretty terrible company in the gaming world but some of its competitors arguably are worse.

i very much doubt that statement from EA is real, but if it was he is pretty accurate though

There are far worse company's then EA, a video game publisher, seriously. Mine has bribed itself in to Euroasia and works with dictator governments purely for profit, the CEO's comment about this? "Our shareholders are bathing in money and so are we" yeah his exact words in our internal company kick-off party